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| Brisbane Zombie Walk from Oct 21st 2012 |
"The Brisbane Zombie Walk is an annual event which was first introduced to Queensland in 2006.
In 2009, The Brisbane Zombie Walk became affiliated with
The Brain
Foundation of Australia to raise awareness and funds whilst offering the
public a unique and entertaining charity event.
Over 5,000 participants were recorded as being involved in The Brisbane Zombie Walk in 2009 – an unofficial world record.
In 2010, the Brisbane Zombie Walk attracted a staggering 10,000 participants to actively join in the walk and raised $13,000 for the Brain Foundation, $3,000 above the target amount.
In 2011 the aim was to continue to raise in excess of $10,000 for the Brain Foundation and to officially break the Guinness World Record for the largest Zombie Walk attendance. We were delighted to announce that we raised in excess of $24,000 for the
Over 5,000 participants were recorded as being involved in The Brisbane Zombie Walk in 2009 – an unofficial world record.
In 2010, the Brisbane Zombie Walk attracted a staggering 10,000 participants to actively join in the walk and raised $13,000 for the Brain Foundation, $3,000 above the target amount.
In 2011 the aim was to continue to raise in excess of $10,000 for the Brain Foundation and to officially break the Guinness World Record for the largest Zombie Walk attendance. We were delighted to announce that we raised in excess of $24,000 for the
Brain Foundation and had
between 15 to 20,000 participants. "
The Brisbane Zombie Walk
In many ways it just looks like Bronco fans exiting
The Brisbane Zombie Walk
Suncorp Stadium after a game to me;-)
Must lead a sheltered life here in Cornwall - have never heard of a Zombie walk before. Having checked with Google I see they take place in the UK as well.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant Daz! I WANT that T-Shirt!
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ReplyDelete"Brilliant Daz! I WANT that T-Shirt!"
If you click on the link -
http://www.brisbanezombiewalk.com/
(which is above the T-shirt in the above post) and click on the "shop"
link (which only sells a bumper sticker at present),apparently the T-shirt will be available soon here.
So,be like a zombie,and keep an eye out for it.I might buy one myself.-)
It IS a synchro with the night stalker bookazine. I love these kinds of charity events.
ReplyDeleteIt gets way deeper yet,Trish.
ReplyDelete...and I wouldn't have even bothered posting this zombie walk event if it wasn't for my blog buddy King Uke,who just loves zombie stuff.
ReplyDeleteIn fact we crossed paths over the book "Tokyo Zombie"...there is a whole other sync story.
Yep - spotted the mention of the t-shirt being available soon! Will deffo keep my evil eye open for that...
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